We have come this far in world cricket, and indeed this far as a nation, because we dared to believe. We cannot give up now.

This game comes on the back of a thrashing by West Indies. Let us not forget that. Let us not forget it, and promise it never happens again. Like all Bangladeshis, our team strength lies in adversity. With their backs against the wall, this is the perfect time for the Tigers to strike.

Now, lets win it against England. I want MOM to be the 12TH MAN again along with the other 11

Good luck Tigers and nahaz

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It may sound irrelevant but I must say that our press is one of the culprits and responsible for the way tigers were being clobbered by WI. The media hype has made our players feel like "ami ki honu rey" and I, for once, want our management to put a ban on them from reading news papers.

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Is it possible to forfeit the rest of the WC games. I mean what is the point of playing the rest of the games and stir more controversies and flash news. There is no guarantee that in the next match Bangladesh will achieve a shommanjonok porajoi against England, who are also going to play to prove themselves. It is better we take a break, prepare ourselves better before we are ready to play. What is the point of playing without preparing ourselves against the best?

Originally Posted by MatinSux
no one cares anymore. WC is done and dusted. Lets look forward to series after the WC.

I care. So does everyone who will turn up at the stadium in a few days' time, and so does every true fan of Bangladesh cricket, at home and abroad. We have fans in India, in West Indies and even in Australia. They all want to see us beat the Poms.

Most importantly, the team cares. The staff cares. They would want to turn this around and win more than anything.

My word of advice: just concentrate on winning this game. Don't worry about if we'll get to quarter finals and what the other teams are doing. Don't get hung up about the run rate. Just win it. Its a tough ask.

Originally Posted by godzilla
OK you do that ... we on the other hand are still waiting for our WC journey to get brighter!

That will only happen if the captain, coach, and rest of the gang believes that the next three WC games are equally important. But they don't seem care much about WC games, so I've decided to join them and is looking forward to series after wc which is far more interesting than this long and boring wc.

We have come this far in world cricket, and indeed this far as a nation, because we dared to believe. We cannot give up now.

This game comes on the back of a thrashing by West Indies. Let us not forget that. Let us not forget it, and promise it never happens again. Like all Bangladeshis, our team strength lies in adversity. With their backs against the wall, this is the perfect time for the Tigers to strike.

Originally Posted by MohammedC
because nahaz has already opened a thread, which I did not see.

All good. But when did you open yours, just out of interest?

Just wondering how we'll share gloating rights if we win this match, which would be an incredible cricketing turnaround, and give us a 75% chance of a semifinal berth (20% chance that SA will not beat England, 5% others) .

I say we'll split the gloating rights 50-50. If I ever come to England in the next 4 years, you also have to shout me lunch VIce versa if you come to Aus.